Updated 7:34 am, Thursday, August 17, 2017

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Taylor and Mikaela Flowers, from Abilene, got hitched on Aug. 4, 2017. The following day, they took off on Flight 288 to Riviera Maya, Mexico, for their honeymoon, and the flight crew had a surprise in store.

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Two Texas newlyweds recently got an upgrade to their wedding aboard a Southwest Airlines flight.

Taylor and Mikaela Flowers, from Abilene, got hitched on Aug. 4. The following day, they took off on Flight 288 to Riviera Maya, Mexico, for their honeymoon.

The groom said he asked a flight attendant for a celebratory drink, which is when she apparently began hatching her plan.

"An hour later, (the stewardess) woke me up from a nap and took us to separate ends of the plane," Taylor said. "My wife looked at me and said 'What did you do wrong.'"

The flight crews dressed the couple in regal crowns made of peanut bags, gave Mikaela a bouquet of toilet paper sheets and sent her down the aisle to Taylor amid applause from her fellow passengers.

The smitten couple exchanged vows — again — this time under "Southwest Airlines jurisdiction."

"We vow to love each other, only fly Southwest and to always put our small carry-on bags under the seat and not in the overhead bins," they each promised under direction of a flight attendant.

"You're wedding's not official until you get married on Southwest Airlines," the employee said.

The company was not able to identify the impromptu wedding officiant, but they did say her idea was "encouraged."

"Southwest Employees are encouraged to have fun with customers, and we love the way our creative, witty flight attendant ensured a great time onboard this flight with their unique delivery of Southwest Hospitality," a company spokesperson said in an email on Wednesday.

The Southwest Airline social media team told Taylor they had a "special wedding gift" for him and his "forever travel companion."

"Thanks for letting us be a part of this happy occasion," Southwest Airlines said in a tweet.